Background There is increasing international recognition of the importance of palliative care for all intensive care unit (ICU) patients regardless of prognosis. The palliative care needs of ICU ...

Purpose Malnutrition severely impacts tolerance to anticancer therapies, but any relationship with overall survival (OS) at the time of solid tumour diagnosis in outpatients in the USA remains unclear ...

Background Antimicrobial stewardship is a global health issue. Antibiotic resistance is the subject of a 2024–2029 UK government national action plan (Department of Health and Social Care, UK Health ...

Background This study analysed the impact on palliative care outcomes of a new specialist palliative care service for patients severely affected by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS/MND), multiple ...

1 Department of Palliative Care, Melbourne Health, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 2 Melbourne Epicentre (The Centre for Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Health ...

Objectives The meaning that patients and carers attribute to their experience of palliative care is fundamental to the provision, practice and evaluation of optimal care. This analysis aims to ...

Objectives Delirium is common and distressing in palliative care settings. This survey aims to describe current practice regarding delirium identification in specialist palliative care units (SPCU), ...